Many of you have been asking when the confirmation bias t-shirts would be available again, and I’m happy […]
Author: David McRaney
The Topic: Conspiracy Theories The Guest: Steven Novella and Jesse Walker The Episode: Download – iTunes – Stitcher – RSS – Soundcloud – Transcript This episode of You Are Not […]
The Topic: Narrative Bias
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In this inbetweenisode I read an excerpt from my book, You Are Now Less Dumb, about a strange experiment in Michigan that tested the bounds of the self by throwing three very unusual men into a situation that won’t likely be repeated ever again by science.
The Topic: Narratives
The Guest: Melanie C. Green
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In this episode we discuss the power narratives have to affect our beliefs and behaviors with Melanie C. Green, a psychologist who studies the persuasive power of fiction.
According to Nielsen, the TV ratings company, the average person in the United States watches about 34 hours of television a week. That’s 73 days a year. Over the course of a lifetime, the average American can expect to spend a full decade lost in the trance spell that only powerful narratives can cast over the human mind.
I’m so excited to reveal the latest book trailer for my new book, You Are Now Less Dumb. […]
The Topic: Technology The Guest: Clive Thompson The Episode: Download – iTunes – Stitcher – RSS – Soundcloud The very fact that you are reading this sentence, contemplating whether […]
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